Lexicon: forebear – foreshadowed

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forebear (forebore), v. [OE, before enduring.]

Omitted; voluntarily avoided.

foreclose (-ed), v. [OE fore 'before' + L. claudere 'shut'.]

Take possession of; preclude.

foreclosing, verbal adj. [see foreclose, v.]

Preclude the chance of returning to an old state; insidious.

forefather (-s), n. [Old Norse.]

Ancestor; [fig.] one who sets an example for those who follow.

forefinger, n. [OE fore + Gothic figgr.]

Main pointer; object that establishes directions or sets a pattern.

forehead (-s), n. [OE.]

  1. Part of the face that extends from hair on top of the head to the eyes; [fig.] topmost part of a land formation or heavenly body.
  2. Place of honor at forefront; beginning.

foreign, adj. [OFr 'to go, depart'.]

Excluded; extraneous; not belonging; unconnected; from a different area.

foreigner (-s), n. [see foreign, adj.]

One who does not belong; one who comes from a distance.

foreignhood, n. [see foreign, adj.; ED neologism.]

Distance; alienness; exoticness.

foreshadowed, adj. [OE fore + skadoian.]

Typified before; unsullied.